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<title><![CDATA[Parish nurses treating body and spirit]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Barnes and Virginia Adams are not the usual nurses one sees at the doctor's office or hospitals; they are parish nurses, focusing on a holistic treatment of body and spirit.

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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:28:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Girl Scouts seek nominations for local 'Women of Distinction']]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Girl Scouts, Hornets' Nest Council is opening the nomination process for the 2010 
Women of Distinction luncheon.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Grants available for youth groups]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The N.C. Youth Advisory Council of the Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office in the Department of Administration is accepting applications for mini-grants available to youth groups to conduct community projects.  The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Oct. 9.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:13:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Red Cross vehicle vandalized at Charlotte office]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[An American Red Cross disaster response vehicle, nicknamed "Fred," was vandalized in front of the Red Cross building at 2401 Park Road, Charlotte, late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:51:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deadline Saturday for NC folklife documentation class]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Think your community has cultural traditions worth recording, filming or otherwise preserving?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:39:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jay M. Robinson junior marshals announced]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2009/may/27/jay-m-robinson-junior-marshals-announced/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Jay M. Robinson High School has announced its 2008-09 Junior Marshals.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 May 2009 16:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DOT promotes Blue Star markers on new Web site]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2009/may/21/dot-promotes-blue-star-markers-new-web-site/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The N.C. Department of Transportation, in collaboration with The Garden Club of North Carolina Inc., is providing a new Web site to promote and identify the state's Blue Star Memorial markers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 May 2009 14:10:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASCAR drivers call on public for food drive]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. is asking race fans to help give back during the Coca-Cola 600 week.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 May 2009 11:48:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Leave donations by mailbox for US Postal Service's food drive Saturday]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2009/may/05/leave-donations-mailbox-us-postal-services-food-dr/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Join thousands of postal carriers and millions of Americans in participating in the nation's largest, one-day food drive this Saturday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 May 2009 13:57:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kannapolis library holds teen poetry night to celebrate poetry month]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Calling all teens!  Do you love poetry?  To honor National Poetry Month, the Kannapolis Branch of the Cabarrus County Public Library will host a poetry night for teens on the library patio on Thursday, April 30 from 6:30pm-8:00pm.  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:36:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Girl Scouts to merge five NC councils into one]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Girl Scout Hornets' Nest Council officials announced at a luncheon Thursday that the 47-year-old council will merge with four sister councils in central and western North Carolina to become the Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont council.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:23:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Local Toastmaster hosts Speech Contest April 2]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Toastmasters Area 34 - Lake Norman, Salisbury, Concord and University City - is conducting its International and Table Topics Contest Thursday, April  2 at Galway Hooker Irish Pub in Cornelius.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:29:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kannapolis' Trinity United Methodist Church plans piano concert]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The seventh annual Brad Holland Memorial Piano Concert will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Trinity United Methodist Church sanctuary, 416 E. First St., Kannapolis.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:54:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[City schedules Earth Day events at Frank Liske Park]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The City of Concord, Cabarrus County and other groups will celebrate Earth Day on from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 18 at Frank Liske Park.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:51:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Checkered Dreams charity brings race fun to special-needs children]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Sue Ziegler hopes to give sick and disabled children a break from the tough days they face through the sport of racing. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:58:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jake Elder fundraiser set for Saturday]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[More than 50 racing personalities are expected to be on hand for the Third Annual Legends Helping Legends Fundraiser, set for Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Memory Lane Motorsports & Automotive Museum in Mooresville]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:43:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IRS offices to help file taxes for salaries under $42K ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2009/mar/07/irs-offices-help-file-taxes-salaries-under-42k/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Nine IRS offices in the North Carolina are scheduled to participate in the agency's nationwide Super Saturday effort on Mar. 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The legend of 'Suitcase Jake']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2009/mar/03/legend-suitcase-jack/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[They called him "Suitcase Jake."
    
 J.C. Elder was the legendary crew chief for David Pearson, the late Dale Earnhardt and so many other top NASCAR drivers in the '60s, '70s and '80s that he seemed to be always packing his bags for one team or another.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:20:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Second Harvest changes tactics to get supplies]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2009/feb/18/second-harvest-changes-tactics-get-supplies/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Empty shelves are the worst that can happen to a food pantry, and it has happened twice in recent months at the Harvest Center of Charlotte.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:09:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gallery: Wonders proceed to State final]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Gallery from Kannapolis Wonders at Kings Mountain.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:31:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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